throw around
Example Sentences
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Valve had no weight to throw around and had to pay up, or not have anything to sell.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Critics of AI and social media regularly throw around terms like “continuous partial attention.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025
That's not a word I throw around a lot because we're talking about Mumbai and New York.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2024
“That 10% is a nice number to throw around, but we know it could go back up easily, and so we can’t get complacent,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2024
Good thing Boo answered, because the only thing Aru could think of that rhymed with art was fart, and that’s not a word you want to throw around when you’re talking to a legendary sage-poet.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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